as in weaseling
to avoid giving a definite answer or position
the candidate equivocated as long as he could on controversial issues
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for equivocating
Adjective
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There’s no question which member of Congress put on the year’s most hypocritical legislative performance.—
Carl P. Leubsdorf,
Twin Cities,
23 July 2025 -
There’s just this hypocritical system in which there is demand for immigrant labor in many industries, along with demonization of these very contributors.—
Steve Lopez,
Los Angeles Times,
25 June 2025
Verb
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Symptoms like a fast heart rate, or shortness of breath, shaking and chills, confusion or lethargy.—
Josh Hammer,
Newsweek,
24 Dec. 2024
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In the video, a terrified Archie can be seen frozen, staring and shaking.—
Josh Hammer,
Newsweek,
23 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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The Balloon Boy hoax would seem to have all the right elements for a revisitation: a hapless, alleged victim (6-year-old Falcon Heene), sky-high danger (the balloon reached about 7,000 feet), daringly duplicitous parents (Richard and Mayumi Heene), and a national profile that gripped audiences.—
John Wenzel,
Denver Post,
23 June 2025
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Along comes Brian’s duplicitous ex-wife Debrah (Taja V. Simpson), his nerdy son BJ (Jermaine Harris) and the groom Zavier (Xavier Smalls).—
Murtada Elfadl,
Variety,
14 July 2025
Adjective
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The movie does not earn the right for such an insincere have-your-I-Heart-the-’90s-cake-and-eat-it-too gesture.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
16 July 2025
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King’s typical approach to the genre — gifted protagonists facing off against chilly government entities or insincere spiritual forces within a horror context — has fallen out of vogue in favor of comparable superhero origin stories with elevated skills and stakes.—
Daniel Fienberg,
HollywoodReporter,
8 July 2025
Adjective
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Alarms sounded in the cockpit of a Southwest Airlines jet shortly after taking off from Hollywood Burbank airport near Los Angeles on Friday, prompting evasive maneuvers, the airline said in a statement.—
Alexandra Skores,
CNN Money,
25 July 2025
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With Muñoz showing his cards, Aaron Judge was set up for a game-winning sac fly with the bases loaded and one away in the 10th. Hit only 274 feet off Gabe Speier following a walk to Trent Grisham, Judge’s ball scored Anthony Volpe, who used an evasive slide to end the game.—
Gary Phillips,
New York Daily News,
11 July 2025
Adjective
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Invest In Ethics And Alignment: Build teams focused on long-term risks and socially responsible development. • Promote Transparency: Opaque systems are untrustworthy.—
Srinivasa Rao Bittla,
Forbes.com,
24 July 2025
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Davis’ attorney, Bradley Kraemer, portrayed those witnesses as untrustworthy and argued that Hart acted alone.—
Quinlan Bentley,
The Enquirer,
2 July 2025
Adjective
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The world is not going to wait for the U.S. to hash out its chaos, and other countries are already moving to reorient parts of their manufacturing and trade schemes to circumvent an unreliable United States.—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
3 Aug. 2025
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Issues such as unreliable Wi-Fi, slow booking processes or credit card processing failures drive guests to competitors.—
Mark Holzberg,
Forbes.com,
31 July 2025
Adjective
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Still, several committee members said the companies could be used by unscrupulous buyers who might be underage or otherwise ineligible to play the Texas Lottery.—
John C. Moritz,
Austin American Statesman,
30 July 2025
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But rather than one big payoff, Bogotá security official Juliana Sáenz says that unscrupulous mechanics count on a steady stream of victims.—
John Otis,
NPR,
27 July 2025
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“Equivocating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/equivocating. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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